Collaborative Research: A Comprehensive Pathway for K-Gray Engineering Education

K-Gray工程教育途径是国家科学数字图书馆（NSDL）的工程“翼”。它为工程、计算机科学、信息技术和工程技术方面的优质教学资源提供了一个全面的工程门户。项目目标是：1)将NEEDS和TeachEngineering合并为统一的K-Gray工程教育数字图书馆，2)以可持续的方式显著增加NSDL工程路径中的高质量资源，3)将统一的课程材料与适当的本科和K-12教育标准保持一致，4)增加内容提供者和用户的参与，5)加强工程路径内容的质量控制和审查协议。6)为工程路径的可持续性创建一个非营利性战略和合作伙伴关系。该项目还通过编目和审查以女性为中心和少数族裔服务组织创建的课程资源，扩大了该途径的性别平等和种族多样性组成部分。通过参与K-12社区和高等教育机构、工程专业协会、工程研究中心、NSF K-12项目和ABET， K-Gray工程教育途径正在产生深远的影响。评估计划的关键要素包括基于社区的需求分析、使用指标的定义和收集，以及中期和最终评估。传播活动包括通过项目和合作机构网络发送电子邮件，在提供相关教育材料的网站上部署电子材料，以及在会议技术会议和研讨会上进行现场演示，每个阶段都旨在使受众更好地掌握K-Gray的资源和应用程序。

The K-Gray Engineering Education Pathway is the engineering "wing" of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). It provides a comprehensive engineering portal for high-quality teaching and learning resources in engineering, computer science, information technology and engineering technology. Project goals are to: 1) merge NEEDS and TeachEngineering into a unified K-Gray engineering educational digital library, 2) significantly grow high quality resources in the NSDL Engineering Pathway in a sustainable way, 3) align the unified curricular materials with appropriate undergraduate and K-12 educational standards, 4) grow the participation of content providers and users, 5) enhance quality control and review protocols for Engineering Pathway content, and 6) create a nonprofit strategy and partnership for the sustainability of the Engineering Pathway. This project also expands the Pathway's gender equity and ethnic diversity components by cataloging and reviewing curricular resources created by female-centric and minority-serving organizations. The K-Gray Engineering Education Pathway is having far-reaching impact by engaging K-12 communities and institutions of higher education, engineering professional societies, engineering research centers, NSF K-12 programs, and ABET. Key elements of the evaluation plan include a community-based needs analysis, definition and collection of usage metrics, and mid-term and final evaluations. Dissemination activities include email delivered through project and collaborating institution networks, electronic materials deployed on websites offering related educational materials, and in-person presentations at conference technical sessions and workshops, with each phase designed to provide audiences with greater command of K-Gray resources and applications.